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Increase I n w a t e r r a t e e , L a e V e g a s : Las Vegas, Levada, April 1, 1922, V 23*6 Mr* F, B. MoEazaee, General Attorney, Los Angeles, Calif, Dear bir: deferring to your letter of March £6, to Leo A, Mclamee, copy to me, with attached copy of Mr, Gray's letter March 17th and statement to Mr* Knickerbocker, regard-* lag the Increase in water rates at Lae Vegas, effective Oct­ober 1st, 1981: The application for increase in water rates was first planned in the early part of 1929, although for a number of years prior to that time, such an application had been anti** alpsted, and a good many of our chargee to Operating Expense® were made with that thought in mind, II § 1\ 'v At the time instructions were received to increase the water rate® 100 per cent, m did not interpret them as mean* lag literally that the old schedule of 1909 (which is obsolete* providing charges for many classes of service which no longer exist and caultting som of the more important new services) should^ be fust doubled, but that the schedule should be so re*vcmped as to develop ms near as possible a 100 per cent increase la revenue• la doing this, we provided in every instance where m thought we could support it before the Public service sion, a 100 per cent increase in the flat basic rate, but in most oases did not increase the charge for extra services, such aer-if toilet and hath, extra chair in barber shop, etc. *§ p\. * 1 »